North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Pet fish...  Hmmmm...  That would work in the 55 gallon barrels as they
are dark, and deep, but would they survive in a full sun wading pool?

Our nights are too cool in May for pet store guppies.  I also wonder if I
would have to aerate the tanks, and if the PH is too acid in rainwater.

So if the things could survive without heat, without aeration, and take
full sun they might work.

Good thought, river minnows are free.

Later,
Tom

--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
(similar to US zone 5)

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Lucky Pittman wrote:

> At 10:08 AM 05/06/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >I can put a lid on the barrels, but is there something you can put in the
> >water to prevent mosquito breeding in something large like a wading pool?
>
> Tom,
> How about getting some 'mosquito fish'?  There are North American native
> species of Gambusia minnows, which really are nothing more than a hardier
> variety of the ubiquitous pet shop guppies.  If you don't have a ready
> source of the native species, perhaps you could just go to the local pet
> store and purchase some guppies.
> Gambusia minnows love to eat mosquito larvae, and you wouldn't have to
> worry about any potential toxins, etc. that might harm your plants - and
> the ammonia from fishes' wastes would be of perhaps a slight benefit for
> any plants you used the water on.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> USDA Zone 6
> Hopkinsville, KY
>
> _______________________________________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Most questions can be answered here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> File attachments are accepted by this list; please do not send binary 
> files, plain text ONLY!
> Message archives are here:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
> To view your user options go to:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex/XXXX@XXXX (where XXXX@XXXX is
> YOUR email address)
> NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/
>

_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Most questions can be answered here:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
File attachments are accepted by this list; please do not send binary files, 
plain text ONLY!
Message archives are here:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
To view your user options go to: 
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex/XXXX@XXXX (where XXXX@XXXX is 
YOUR email address)
NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/